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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Sunil Yadav, Bengaluru, IN;
Shelesh Chopra, Bangalore, IN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for efficient backup and recovery validation includes receiving, as part of a backup operation for a host and at a backup storage, a backup copy from the host; retrieving a metadata database from the backup copy, where the metadata database includes a host checksum value based on a portion of the backup copy; parsing, using a backup agent, the metadata database by appending the metadata database with a backup checksum value based on the portion of the backup copy; making a first determination, using the backup agent, whether the portion of the backup copy is abnormal based on a comparison between the host checksum value and the backup checksum value; and appending, based on the first determination, the metadata database with a recoverable identifier to generate a recovery metadata database, where the recoverable identifier causes an adjustment to a recovery operation.